Indian National Congress on Thanjavur

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 5 contested

INC runner-up 2 times

Strike rate

20%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures

Best vote share48.30%in 1991

Worst vote share2.40%in 1998

Average vote share24.64% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1989

Last contested2014

Votes polled here8.67 Lacross all 5 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

5 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2014	Krishnasamy Vandayar.T	30,232	3.00%	4	Lost · 4th
1998	Thiagarajan, M.	15,837	2.40%	3	Lost · 3rd
1996	Kannivannan M	1,72,984	23.80%	2	Lost · 2nd
1991	Padma (W)	3,27,413	48.30%	1	Won
1989	Veeramurasu, N.S.	3,20,398	45.70%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Communist Party Of India Dravida Munetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)Independent Bharatiya Janta Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Pattali Makkal Katchi Puthiya Tamilagam Janata Dal (United)Naam Tamilar Katchi Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Bahujan Samaj Party Makkal Needhi Maiam Namadhu Makkal Katchi Samajwadi Party Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi